Portsmouth International Port\u2019s proactive sustainability role and the recent successful launch of its shore power Sea Change project will mean that the port has plenty to contribute to the 21st event being held in October.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the event organiser, Mercator Media he said: \u201cWe\u2019re truly honoured to be the host port for the GreenPort Congress. I\u2019m not surprised we were selected because over the last few years we\u2019ve embraced sustainability everywhere you can see. And the delegates will see this when they come to Portsmouth.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got solar panels on all of our roofs. We\u2019ve got solar canopies in the car lanes. Our new passenger terminal is fully sustainable. It uses seawater pumps to heat it, cool it, flush the toilets. We have solar for our energy, and we have living walls that purify the air. So, the delegates will see the amount of work that\u2019s gone into Portsmouth as a green port itself.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also highlighted the historic moment early this August when the LNG-electric hybrid ferry Guillaume de Normandie<\/em> connected to Portsmouth\u2019s fully operational shore power system for two hours \u2013 before becoming the first ever cross-Channel ferry to leave the UK using shore power.<\/p>\n Adding that the port estimated Sea Change would save 20,000 tonnes of CO2 by 2027, Mr Sellers said: \u201cSo it\u2019s a perfect time for the GreenPort Congress to be here in Portsmouth, especially as we open our shore power facilities and we go live with them. We\u2019re really excited about being able to showcase that. But it\u2019s not just that. It\u2019s all of that sustainability that we\u2019ve put into the port.\u201d<\/p>\n Book now<\/a> for 20% off the full delegate rate with GPCEARLY or contact the team at sales@greenportcongress.com<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mike Sellers, port director, Portsmouth International Port, says that it\u2019s honoured to be hosting the GreenPort Congress in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6556,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,61],"tags":[2550,849,1890,199],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-6555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-technology-greenport","category-greenport-congress-greenport","tag-green-ports","tag-greenport-congress","tag-port-sustainability","tag-portsmouth-international-port"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6557,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6555\/revisions\/6557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6555"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=6555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}